Clarkston High School
618 North Indian Creek Dr Clarkston GA, 30021, Dekalb County Phone: 678-676-5302 Ranking:  (366 out of 392, bottom 7%)*Type: Regular High School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12 School District: DeKalb County School District Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 105 | 93 | 87 | 68 | 65 | 65 | 75 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,523 | 1,533 | 1,311 | 1,069 | 1,001 | 939 | 1,045 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 584 | 38.3% | 550 | 35.9% | 547 | 41.7% | 426 | 39.9% | 393 | 39.3% | 336 | 35.8% | 421 | 40.3% |
| Grade 10: | 343 | 22.5% | 426 | 27.8% | 355 | 27.1% | 285 | 26.7% | 234 | 23.4% | 244 | 26.0% | 276 | 26.4% |
| Grade 11: | 321 | 21.1% | 317 | 20.7% | 233 | 17.8% | 188 | 17.6% | 179 | 17.9% | 199 | 21.2% | 185 | 17.7% |
| Grade 12: | 275 | 18.1% | 240 | 15.7% | 176 | 13.4% | 170 | 15.9% | 195 | 19.5% | 160 | 17.0% | 162 | 15.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 807 | 53.0% | 825 | 53.8% | 691 | 52.7% | 535 | 50.0% | 489 | 48.9% | 445 | 47.4% | 533 | 51.0% |
| Female: | 716 | 47.0% | 708 | 46.2% | 620 | 47.3% | 534 | 50.0% | 512 | 51.1% | 463 | 49.3% | 498 | 47.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 467 | 30.7% | 470 | 30.7% | 385 | 29.4% | 263 | 24.6% | 171 | 17.1% | 112 | 11.9% | 95 | 9.1% |
| Hispanic: | 63 | 4.1% | 49 | 3.2% | 44 | 3.4% | 50 | 4.7% | 47 | 4.7% | 36 | 3.8% | 32 | 3.1% |
| Black: | 942 | 61.9% | 959 | 62.6% | 816 | 62.2% | 689 | 64.5% | 717 | 71.6% | 737 | 78.5% | 878 | 84.0% |
| White: | 36 | 2.4% | 45 | 2.9% | 53 | 4.0% | 53 | 5.0% | 44 | 4.4% | 30 | 3.2% | 29 | 2.8% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 10 | 0.7% | 8 | 0.5% | 12 | 0.9% | 13 | 1.2% | 19 | 1.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 1,267 | 83.2% | 1,282 | 83.6% | 1,107 | 84.4% | 875 | 81.9% | 807 | 80.6% | 682 | 72.6% | 718 | 68.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 59 | 3.9% | 80 | 5.2% | 66 | 5.0% | 77 | 7.2% | 57 | 5.7% | 96 | 10.2% | 81 | 7.8% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.55 | 16.43 | 15.16 | 15.65 | 15.40 | 14.40 | 14.00 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 0% | 74.2% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 0% | 83.4% | 89.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 12.9% | 70.1% | 80% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 0% | 61.4% | 73.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 0% | 70.3% | 80% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 1.5% | 75.3% | 84.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 0% | 47.8% | 63% |
| 2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 0% | 55.6% | 70% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 31.9% | 79.5% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 15.4% | 77.2% | 85.8% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 20.5% | 80.6% | 87% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 28.9% | 83% | 88.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 59% | 64.2% | 77% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.1% | 70% | 81.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 12.8% | 84.6% | 89% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 39.5% | 83% | 88.5% |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 10.3% | 63.6% | 76% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 2.7% | 58.6% | 74% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 17.9% | 79.9% | 87% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 27% | 75.5% | 85.1% |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 10% | 33% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 20.8% | 34.8% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 37.6% | 43.9% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 35.3% | 30.2% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 58% | 74% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 56.1% | 77.6% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 75% | 79.8% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78.6% | 83.7% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 66.5% | 81.4% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 67.4% | 85.3% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 75.2% | 87.1% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 72.4% | 86.2% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 19% | 38% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 26% | 43.7% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 29.6% | 48.6% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 36.1% | 51.2% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 33.1% | 56.2% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 35.2% | 58.6% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 41.2% | 62% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 53.3% | 63% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 20.4% | 25.8% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 30% | 47% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 47.4% | 64.8% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 35.5% | 64.6% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 46.6% | 68.1% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 57.6% | 70.6% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 76.5% | 71% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 70% | 76.4% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 78.3% | 77.9% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 21% | 33% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 19.6% | 38.6% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 34.9% | 41.9% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 31.3% | 28.3% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 54.8% | 59.3% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 42.6% | 54.4% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 39.2% | 54% | 65.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 7.1% | 50.9% | N/A |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 45.1% | 44.4% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 53.5% | 49.1% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 44.9% | 48.6% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 42.5% | 50.5% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 35% | 51% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 41.2% | 56.2% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 33.9% | 63.2% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 52.4% | 69.4% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 42.9% | 70.4% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 38.3% | 72.4% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 37.9% | 75.1% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 45.4% | 76.5% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 35% | 44% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 33.9% | 46.8% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 33.4% | 49.9% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 56.2% | 54.9% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 58.6% | 62.1% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 64.4% | 65.9% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 41.2% | 59.6% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 58.5% | 66.7% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 57% | 64% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 47% | 66.3% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 41.1% | 54.4% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 47.3% | 54.6% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 42.1% | 55.2% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 55.4% | 65.4% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 67.9% | 65.6% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 69.3% | 69.7% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 76.6% | 86.8% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 82.07% | 87.2% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 80.8% | 87.1% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 76% | 87% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 68% | 75% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 68.7% | 81.6% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 77.05% | 82.7% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 77.8% | 85.8% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 76% | 88% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 67.1% | 72.6% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 54% | 75% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 81% | 93% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 88% | 94.7% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 76% | 86% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 79.2% | 86.5% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 83% | 88% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 92.35% | 90% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 91% | 88% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 50% | 62% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 43.6% | 66% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 62% | 80% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 72.6% | 83.2% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 67% | 82% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 80.22% | 84% | 87.24% |
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* Clarkston High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.